Happy Birthday Amitabh Bachchan: From Paa, Shahenshah to Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, the megastar's experiment with looks
Amitabh Bachchan is celebrating his 77th birthday today.
Today, it's Megastar of Bollywood's birthday! Yes, we are talking about none other than Amitabh Bachchan, who turned 77 today. In the past 50 years, Big B has entertained people around the globe with his incredible performances in more than 100 films. Be it a leading or supporting role, Bachchan steals the show and has deservedly won several accolades over the years. He has not only starred in Bollywood film but also in South, Bengali, Bhojpuri and English cinema too.
But what's interesting about his roles are that Amitabh Bachchan never shied from experimenting with his looks when it comes to the characters he played. How can we miss talking about his role in Paa?! At the age of 67, Big B was seen playing the role of a 12-year-old boy who suffers from progeria. He was seen as Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan's onscreen son.
Let's take a look at a few films in which Amitabh Bachchan experimented with his looks.
In 102 Not Out, Amitabh Bachchan played the role of a man named Dattatraya Vakharia who is of 102 years of age and is the father of Rishi Kapoor who played the role of Babulal Vakharia a 76-year-old man.
In Aakhree Raasta released in 1986, Big B played the role of an older man named David D'Costa, although he also had a double role, and he played his own age at that time.
In Agni Varsha, Bachchan played the role of Lord Indra and he had all royal mythical look in the film.
In Desh Premee, he was seen as Master Dinanath, who used to be a freedom fighter during the pre-Independence era. The film also had Big B playing his son and his character was named Raju.
In Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Amitabh Bachchan had a brief role who appeared in the title song as Sutradhar. His hippie look was loved by everyone.
For the song 'Mere Angne Mein', the legendary actor donned the attire of women from sarees, lehenga to salwar suit.
In this Rituporna Ghosh directorial, Big B had blunt hairdo grey in colour. He played the role of Harish Mishra.
How can we not talk about this film?! In Paa, the Megastar of Bollywood played the role of Auro, a 12-year-old boy suffering from progeria. It happened for the first time in the history of cinema that son Abhishek Bachchan played the role of father to his real-life dad.
In Paheli, the superstar was seen as Gadariya who eventually captures Shah Rukh Khan's spirit. He was seen donning a typical Rajasthani look.
In Shahenshah, Big B was seen as a not-so-brave policeman during daytime and a costumed crime-fighter with an iron hand after its dark.
Another film in which Amitabh Bachchan played the role of father and son in which former donned grey hair and heavily bearded look named Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh.
In this latest film, Big B was seen as Gosayi Venkanna, the guru of Chiranjeevi who plays the titular role.